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‘Upcoding’ a hazard as PbR pressure grows

Clinical coders are coming under pressure to ‘upcode’ to maximise income under Payment by Results, a conference heard last week.
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BUPA Hospitals select Kodak for RIS/PACS

BUPA Hospitals has signed an agreement with Eastman Kodak Company’s Health Group to provide the private hospital chain with an
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First for Carecast

UCLH is the first in the capital to have IDX's CareCast up and running. E-Health Insider finds out how the
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Euroking delivers maternity across Pennine hospitals

The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust has extended use of its EuroKing Miracle maternity software to support all four of
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Technology ‘should be used in long term conditions’

Technology should be used in several ways to help people who have long-term conditions care for themselves, although caution must
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Cornwall NHS staff get VoIP phone badges

Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust has issued its staff with voice-activated handsfree ‘badges’, worn around the neck on a lanyard,
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ComMedica closes diagnostic imaging business

ComMedica Limited, the UK-based developer of picture archiving and communications systems (PACS) has announced that it is closing its diagnostic
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St Mary’s goes live with JAC pharmacy management

St Mary’s NHS Trust has become the second trust in London to go live with a new pharmacy management system
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Liverpool trust opts for 10Gbps network for PACS

The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust has installed a new WAN that the trust hopes will allow
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Harvard medical students learn with their iPods

Harvard Medical School have started offering podcasts of their lectures to their students, allowing them to learn while on the
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